US High Vertical Resolution Radiosonde Data
High vertical resolution radiosonde data (HVRRD) from US upper air stations are available for the period of 1998-2011 and can be downloaded at
https://data.ceda.ac.uk/sparc/hres.
The data were obtained from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Station locations are displayed on the figure below and a list of further station details can be found here.
The data set spans a period during which NOAA progressively upgraded their upper air stations from the MicroART radiotheodolite tracking system to the Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) which utilizes GPS tracking. Consequently each station data set transitions from the 6-second resolution MicroART format to the 1-second resolution RRS format at a specific date. Transition dates for each station are also listed in the station data list. Both 6- and 1-second resolution data are available on the data server.
The data were originally acquired for the SPARC Gravity Wave Initiative. Since being made available here, the data has facilitated research across a range of other fields.
Links to other data centers that provide data sets useful for APARC projects
High Resolution Radiosonde Data
- NOAA – radiosonde data from US RRS stations 2005-present
- UKMO – radiosonde data from UK stations including Gibraltar, St Helens and the Falklands
- UKMO – radiosonde data from British Antarctic Survey stations Halley and Rothera
- GCOS Rerefence Upper Air Network (GRUAN) – 16 stations worldwide
British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC)
Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC)
- Global Hydrology Resource Center – GHCC Data Management (including MSU data)
- Lightning data
- Geostationary satellite images
NASA Ames Earth Science Project Office
- ESPO data archive index
- SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment (SOLVE)
- SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment II (SOLVE II)
- Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer (POLARIS)
- SASS Ozone and Nitrogen Oxide Experiment (SONEX)
- Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport (STRAT)
- SUbsonic aircraft: Contrail & Cloud Effects Special Study (SUCCESS)
- Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment/Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft (ASHOE/MAESA)
- Stratospheric Photochemistry Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE)
- Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (AASE)
- Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition II (AASE II)
- Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (AAOE)
- Stratospheric-Troposphere Exchange Project (STEP)
NASA GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC)
- Atmospheric Composition: Data from UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite), TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer), SSBUV (Shuttle Solar Background Ultraviolet), and other atmospheric chemistry related data.
- Modelling: Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) MERRA data assimilation products.
- Precipitation: TRMM
NASA/GSFC NCEP Statistical and Climatological Analyses
Stratospheric climate diagnostics from the NASA/GSFC atmospheric chemistry and dynamics branch.
NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center
Solar Irradiance:
- Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor II (ACRIM II) Total Solar Irradiance (UARS ACRIM II TSI)
- Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor III (ACRIM III) Total Solar Irradiance (ACRIMSAT ACRIM III TSI)
Radiation Budget:
- ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment (ARESE)
- Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES)
- Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)
- Nimbus-7 Earth Radiation Budget (Nimbus-7 ERB)
- Surface Radiation Budget (SRB)
- Surface Solar Energy Data Set (SSE)
Clouds:
- First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE)
- International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP)
- Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR)
- Subsonic aircraft: Contrail & Clouds Effects Special Study (SUCCESS)
Aerosols:
- Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE)
- Lidar-in-space Technology Experiment (LITE)
- Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement II (POAM II)
- Smoke/Sulfates, Clouds and Radiation – America (SCAR-A)
- Smoke/Sulfates, Clouds and Radiation – Brazil (SCAR-B)
- Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I (SAGE I)
- Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II)
- Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III)
- Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES)
Tropospheric Chemistry:
- Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE)
- Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites (MAPS)
- Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT)
- North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO)
- Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment (TARFOX )
Water Vapor:
Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC)
NOAA Climate Prediction Center
- SBUV-2 Total Ozone
- UV Index
- TOVS Total Ozone Analysis (GRIB data/ GIFs/ Animations)
- Global Temperature Analyses Time Series
- SMOBA: Stratospheric Monitoring Ozone Blended Analysis
- 50 mB Current Temperature Analyses 6-day Archive
- Winter Bulletins
Ozone, aerosols, erythemal UV, and reflectivity data from several satellite platforms (TOMS, Earth Probe, ADEOS, Meteor 3, Nimbus 7)